Getting a Pulse on the Adoption of the PHN

Discipline Specific Competencies at both

Practice and Organizational Policy Levels

11th National CHNC Conference, St. John’s NF

May 30-June 1, 2016

Panelists: • Lani Babin, Alberta Health Authority (Alberta)

• Renee Dobbin, Eastern Health Authority (Newfoundland)

• Hamida Bhimani, York Region Public Health (Ontario)

• Bev Bryant, Peel Region Public Health (Ontario)

Planned by: CHNC Standards and Competencies Standing Committee

Genevieve Currie, Ruth Schofield, Francoise Filon, Liz Diem

Network Café: Learning outcomes

• increase awareness of tools used to support

integration of competencies in practice,

• increase knowledge of facilitators and barriers to

support integration in an organization, and

• contribute to the development of best

practices.

for Nurses

Public Health

Competences

Nursing Competencies in Public Health

Competency- Based Performance Appraisal Tool: PHN, RNs, RPNs

Competency- Based 1:1 Discussion Tool: Staff Version

Competency- Based 1:1 Discussion Tool: Management

Public Health Competencies for Nurses

Healthy Resilient

Communities York Region

Core Competencies for Public Health

Public Health Nursing Competencies

Corporate Policies

CHNC- Public Health Discipline

Specific Competencies

Version 1.0 May 2009

Integration of Competencies:

Public Health Nursing Practice in NL

Draft Performance Review Tool

Designed to Increase Awareness, Identify Learning

Needs and Develop Learning Plans in a Variety of Areas

including;

1. Primary Job Responsibilities

2. Canadian Community Health Nursing Standards of Practice

3. Public Health Nursing Discipline Specific Competencies

4. Public Health Core Competencies

5. Eastern Health Values

Draft Performance Review Tool

3. Public Health Nursing Discipline Specific Competencies

“Public Health Nursing Competencies are the integrated knowledge, skills, judgment and attributes required

of a public health nurse to practice safely and ethically. Attributes include, but are not limited to attitudes,

values and beliefs. (Canadian Nurses Association Code of ethics, 2008)”.

A foundational assessment of the novice to expert continuum and Community Health Nurses’ opportunity to

apply the Public Health Nursing Discipline Specific Competencies within existing practice are considerations

that are inherent in the review of this section. Utilizing the Canadian Community Health Nursing Standards of

Practice Self-Assessment Tool for Community Health Nurses in Public Health and other assessment

information that has been identified, please rate how well the employee fulfills these standards using the

following rating scale:

E = Expert (Confidently Meet the Expectation of the indicator)

P = Proficient (Satisfactorily Meet the Expectation of the indicator)

I = Intermediate (Minimally Meet the Expectation of the indicator)

N = Novice (Identified Priority Area of Learning)

NA = Not Applicable (No Opportunity at this time to be a part of my practice)

Draft Performance Review Tool

Public Health Nursing Discipline Specific Competencies

Rating

Rationale, Observations and Examples

1: Public Health and Nursing Sciences

2: Assessment and Analysis

3: Policy and Program planning, Implementation and Evaluation

4: Partnerships, Collaboration and Advocacy

5: Diversity and Inclusiveness

6: Communication

7: Leadership

8. Professional Responsibility and Accountability

Where applicable, the manager and the employee will develop a learning plan to support the nurses’ understanding and application of these

standards and competencies which will support the employee’s growth in a Community Health Nursing role.

Public Health Nursing Discipline Specific Competencies:

Application by a School Nurse

Online Tools that Support Our Work

Assessment and Analysis.

http://www.albertahealthservices.ca/info/Page7123.aspx

Policy- Implementation and Evaluation. http://www.albertahealthservices.ca/info/Page7124.aspx

Partnerships, Collaboration, Advocacy. http://www.albertahealthservices.ca/info/Page9538.aspx

PHN Discipline Specific

Competencies

Peel Public Health

Tuesday May 31, 2016

CHCN Conference

St. John’s

Bev Bryant, Manager Education & Research

What regulations,

and recommended

standards and

competencies

influence public

health nursing

practice?

Public Health

Standards

Regulatory

• Under the Regulated Health

Professionals Act, the College

sets entry-to-practice

requirements, practice

standards and quality

assurance programs

Non-Regulatory

• Define the scope of practice

• Set criteria for acceptable

practice

• Support performance

measurement

• Distinguish community health

nursing as a specialty and

support certification

Public Health

Competencies

Public Health

The Pot of Gold…

Public Health

What do these PHN Competencies

offer?

• Specific to public health nursing

practice

• Define the scope of practice

• Same categories as the PHAC

Core Competencies

Public Health

Getting PHNs talking!

• Nursing forums

• Key element of

Nursing Week

• Increase supervisor

and manager

knowledge

• Integrate into Job

Description

• Its all about the

work!

Public Health

• Educational program for public health professionals

• Build foundational level of select core competencies:

1) Public Health Sciences

2) Assessment and Analysis

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